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Title: The Little Case Study that ->-bleeped-<- Forgot
Post by: Shana A on March 01, 2010, 01:51:13 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 01, 2010, 01:51:13 PM
The Little Case Study that ->-bleeped-<- Forgot
01Mar10
Posted by Mercedes at 8:21 PM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-case-study-that- ->-bleeped-<-.html (http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-case-study-that-%20-%3E-bleeped-%3C-.html)
or
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/the-little-case-study-that- ->-bleeped-<--forgot/#more-513 (http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/the-little-case-study-that-%20-%3E-bleeped-%3C--forgot/#more-513)
(a discussion specific to Dr. Ray Blanchard's model of ->-bleeped-<-, and not so much to people who identify as autogynephile because they feel it's a close representation to their identity. This is a draft response to the proposed DSM5 changes, in this case specifically to the diagnosis of Transvestic Fetish / Disorder, which I see as the most urgent part to address from the trans side of things)
Everyone has a sexual identity, some mental image of themselves, to take their place in their fantasies. That sexual self-identity might be more buff or more sultry, might be more muscled or more busty... they never seem to conform to our physical reality. It's just a diversion, after all. There's no shame in it. Unless you have a male body and are picturing yourself as female – then, you're considered mentally ill. The sexual arousal of a male who pictures himself as a woman is increasingly being labeled " ->-bleeped-<-," and as of 2010, is proposed to be written into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as one of two subcategories of Transvestic Fetish (TF, to be renamed "Transvestic Disorder").
01Mar10
Posted by Mercedes at 8:21 PM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-case-study-that- ->-bleeped-<-.html (http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-case-study-that-%20-%3E-bleeped-%3C-.html)
or
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/the-little-case-study-that- ->-bleeped-<--forgot/#more-513 (http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/the-little-case-study-that-%20-%3E-bleeped-%3C--forgot/#more-513)
(a discussion specific to Dr. Ray Blanchard's model of ->-bleeped-<-, and not so much to people who identify as autogynephile because they feel it's a close representation to their identity. This is a draft response to the proposed DSM5 changes, in this case specifically to the diagnosis of Transvestic Fetish / Disorder, which I see as the most urgent part to address from the trans side of things)
Everyone has a sexual identity, some mental image of themselves, to take their place in their fantasies. That sexual self-identity might be more buff or more sultry, might be more muscled or more busty... they never seem to conform to our physical reality. It's just a diversion, after all. There's no shame in it. Unless you have a male body and are picturing yourself as female – then, you're considered mentally ill. The sexual arousal of a male who pictures himself as a woman is increasingly being labeled " ->-bleeped-<-," and as of 2010, is proposed to be written into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as one of two subcategories of Transvestic Fetish (TF, to be renamed "Transvestic Disorder").